The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1887-03-25
NEWS IN BRIEF.
Compiled from VariOus Sources
PERSONAL AND POLITICAL.

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Chicago. It is denied that ill-feeling ex-
ists between her and Nine. Patti.
On receiving the French General, Mar
luis D'Abzac, the Emperor William is re-
ported to have made. strong peace re-
marks, among them: "God will soon cau
me TO himself. 1 do not want to leave my
people heritage Of blood"
THE fuHeral Of Lieutenant Powell, of the
signal corps, took place from his late resi-
dence in Washington on the 10Th. The in
terment was made in GlenwOOd cemetery.
A number Of signal-service men attended
the funeral
THE Department of State has received a
copy Of the will Of the late Jose Sevilla,
who died in Lima, Peru, recently, leaving
100000 to be applied to the establishment
In New York of an institution for the edu-
cation Of poor female children.
JOHN w. MACKAY says that he is not in
any way connected with the deal for the
Baltimore S5Ohio railway
THE press Of France Is indignant at De
Lesseps for publicly asserting in Berlin
that France is the natural friend Of Ger
many.
On the 18th Pierre Solidor Milou, who
served with distinction under Napoleon
Bonaparte in the early part of the present
century, died at New York in his one
hundredth year.
ON the 18th the funeral of the late Cap
Church, ST. Louis.
SENATOR JONES, Of Florida, made n st.
Patrick's Day speech at Detroit, Mich,
and gave some original views on the
New South"
IN reply TO an official inquiry from the
Commissioner of Agriculture. the Com
sioner Of Internal Revenue states that the
quantity of artificial butter manufact-
ured and removed for consumption or sale
during the months of November Decem-
ber and January was as followsi Novem-
Der, 4 742, $50 pounds; December, 2,7S6, ,27s
pounds; January, 1851, la pounds. Total,
lO,O29,06l pounds.
REV. DIR. MoGLYNN made a speech at
Jones' Woods, near New York, at a St
Patrick's Day picnic, which was in senti-
ment very similar to that made during the
New York mayOralty contest and for
which the Pope suspended him from the
priesthood.
Hon. Ben BUTTERwoRTH, Of Ohio, has
written a letter to the Toronto (Ont Hail
on the dispute between Canada and the
United States, in which he defends his
own course in Congress and, by implica-
lion, denOunces the retaliatory legislation
enacted
Mrs. HorT, the Presidents sister is a
guest at the White House in Washington.
BUFFALO BILL" has been made a
Colonel of Nebraska militia.
TIE Irish police have at last succeeded
in arresting Father Keleher.
IT is stated at Washington that ex-
Representative Benton J. Hall, of Iowa,
has been decided upon as the successor
to Mr. Montgomery as Commissioner of
Patents
MRS. ADELE RATIoT-WAsHBURNE, wife
of the Hon. +. b. w ashburne, ex-Minister
to France, died at Chicago on the 18th.
M. DE LEssEPs says he don't care what
the Parisiap press says about hls recent
utterance at Berlin; that he still sticks to
them.
DE GAIEFF, a Russian Nihilst sentenced
to Siberia several years ago, but who re-
comfy escaped, is said 10 be the chief of
the piotters who recently tried to dyna-
mite the Can.
A JURY in the Cleary case at New York
was obtained on the 18th One seat was
vacant when court opened, but Mr.. Geo.
A. Shaw, dealer in oils, was selected to
I'LL the place, and tho district attorney
then moved that the jury be sworn. This
was Immediately done. Cleary was com
mlttcd to the custody Of the sheriff by
Judge Barrett, directly thu jury was
sworn in, and two officers took charge Of
him. .
Mrs. JAMES BROwN-P POTTER is said to
have secured a very strong cast to sup
port her in her coming engagement at the
Haymarket Theater, London.
ANDREAs HOFER, a greatgrandson OF
the Tyrolese patriot of that name, is
about to make hi 8 debut in Berlin thea
ter in a drama Written by himself on the
theme of his ances tor.
OK the 18th the Prince of Wales left
London for Berlin to attend the festivities
consequent upon the celebration OF the
ninetieth birthday of the Emperor Will
lam.
PRESIDENT CLEVELAND, has pardoned
Dennis Kelley, of Maine, convicted of
manslaughter, and George Dabner, Of
Wisconsin, convicted of. pension frauds.
They have both served their sentences, $,
but this act restores their citizenship.
OK the 10Th, Miss Marie Engle, of Chica-
go, made a brilliant debut at Covont G ar
den Theatre, London, in martha" The
Princess Of Wales and numerous visiting
Americans were among tho audience,
ADVANCE sheets of the much Ia liked -ot
'Iife OF Pope Leo Kill" by Rev. DIR
Bernard O'Railly, have boen madS publ c
and indicate that the work will be an in
teresting one, especially to the readers oi
the Catholic persuasion.
Hon. ALLEN THURMAN, of Ohio, is said
to have been repeatedly urged by th7
President to accept Office, but has thus
far declined any public position.
on the Goth John J. Hoelzel was arrest
cd in New York on charge Of having
tried to poison his uncle in Wisconsin.
DE LEssEPs1s reported TO have offered
TO Germany what amounts to two tifths
interest in the Panama canal $50
CHRISTIAN AK, OF the firm of Gail a. AK
tobacco manufacturers, died on the Goth
at his home in Baltimore, Nd, aged sixty
four years.
OK the 2Oth Plymouth pulpit was occu-
pied by Rev. j. w. Malcolm, of tn,
Seventh Avenue Congregational Church,
Brooklyn Or. Abbott, who had arranged
to preach, wastoo i'll to perform that duty.
OK the 10Th General Joha Robertson
aged seventy-three, died Rt Detroit, Mich.
He was a native of Scotland, and settled
in Detroit in 1S4O. During the war Gov
crnor Blair appointed him Adjutant-Gen
eral of the State, an office he had eve
siuce held, and to his efforts is attribute ble
much Of the present nlciency OF the
Michigan State militia.
GRIMES AND CASUALTIES.
FRANK A ScorT, the defaul6nS cashier
Of the publishing firm Of Webster 81 Co,
Of New York, has confessed 10 Charles
L. Webster at the county jail that he ap-
propriated 70 his own use S25, O0) OF the
firms money. The prisoner further said
that he would not resist any action taken
by the firm. He also expressed a determi-
nation TO make res stitution.
OK the 18th an explosion Of Gas occurred
= the Conyngham mine of the Delaware &
Hudson Coal Company al Wilkes barre,
Pa. Four men were burned, two of them,
10 is believed, fatally, Their names are
Jacob and stephen Snyder, William Bloom
and William Thieman.
OSCAR Cook, who got himself into hot
water by helping Wittrocz to dispose of
the Doodle after the Frisco train robbery,
was arraigned In the Criminal Court al
Independence, No, on the nth Cook
pleaded guilty to one count in the indict-
ment, and was sentenced TO three years
in the peuitentiarVa